Physics of Behavior

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Friday, October 7, 2022

9100: Skylight Room

Open to the Public

A symposium on the physics of behavior organized by the Center for the Physics of Biological Function, a joint effort of the CUNY Graduate Center and Princeton University

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Free; registration required

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The physics of behavior aims at a more complete characterization of complex animal movements under more naturalistic conditions.  This symposium samples recent progress in this field.  We will hear from  theorists and experimentalists as they discuss how ideas from dynamical systems theory and statistical physics can create simple yet predictive models of animal behavior across scales, and how new methods, driven by advances in computer vision and deep learning, are bringing us toward precise and automated quantifications of behavior in diverse organisms and contexts. 

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Quantifying behavior using deep learning
Talmo Pereira
Salk Institute
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12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Physics of behavior across scales:
from partial observations to long time scales through maximally predictive states

António Carlos Costa
École Normale Supérieure, Paris
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Lunch will be provided in the Skylight Room at 1:30 PM.

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Quantifying the structure of multi-agent behavior
Ann Kennedy
Northwestern University

For abstracts and registration, please visit the event page at itsatcuny.org.